PT-2001-2235 · Digital · Digital Unix

Published 2001-09-10 · Updated 2017-12-19 · CVE-2001-1092

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Digital UNIX versions 4.0G and earlier

Description The issue allows a local user to read the first line of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the .mh profile file. This is related to the msgchk component in Digital UNIX.

Recommendations For Digital UNIX versions 4.0G and earlier, consider restricting access to the msgchk component and the .mh profile file to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-1092

Affected Products

Digital Unix

References · 6

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/21107 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/3320 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/213238 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-1092 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7102 · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/440539 · Note